Summary
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrimreleases new images, revealing a first look at two of the movie’s main characters. Directed by Kenji Kamiyama, the upcoming anime film takes places hundreds of years before Frodo’s quest to destroy the One Ring, telling the story of Helm Hammerhand (Brian Cox), the founder of Helm’s Deep, and the war that ensues when his daughter, Hèra, rejects a marriage proposal.The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrimtrailerhasn’t yet been released, but concept art has already provided a look at what’s to come in the movie.
Now,EWshares two new images fromThe War of the Rohirrim, revealing a first look at Hèra (Gaia Wise), the film’s protagonist, and Wulf (Luke Pasqualino), the central villain. Check out the new images below:
The new images affirm thatThe War of the Rohirrimwill feature a relatively familiar anime style, but also that the movie will feature elements from Peter Jackson’s beloved trilogy. The design of the Rohirrim sword hilt in Hèra’s hand, for example, is very much the same as in Jackson’s films. In theEWarticle, however, Wise reveals thatHèra has more in common with the female heroes of Hayao Miyazaki films thanLord of the Ringscharacters like Éowyn or Arwen.
The War of the Rohirrimshares creative DNA with theLord of the Ringstrilogy. Jackson and co-writer Fran Walsh serve as executive producers on the film, while their co-writer, Philippa Boyens, produces. Miranda Otto returns to voice Éowyn.
The War Of The Rohirrim Will Be A Big Test For The Lord Of The Rings
Will There Be More Animated Middle-earth Projects In The Future?
Other than a handful of generally underwhelming animated movies in the 1970s and ’80s,The Lord of the Ringsfranchise has thus far remained firmly in the realm of live-action. After Jackson returned to the world of Middle-earth with hisdivisiveThe Hobbittrilogy, Prime Video would take a crack at adapting J.R.R. Tolkien’s source material withThe Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. While multiple more live-action projects in the franchise are expected to come out in the years ahead,The War of the Rohirrimis the only planned animated movie.
In many ways,The Lord of the Ringsfeels well-suited to the world of animationdue to the wonders of theworld of Middle-earthand the franchise’s fantasy storytelling. Whether any additional animated projects move forward, however, will likely depend on howThe War of the Rohirrimis received. It’s not clear what the budget for the upcoming anime is, but the film evidently represents a big investment as it’s said to be about two hours and 30 minutes long, with as many as 60 companies having been brought on to support main animation studio Sola Entertainment (perTheWrap).
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The War of the Rohirrimis getting a theatrical release later this year, andhow it performs at the box office could determineLord of the Rings' future in animation. If there’s a positive response and the film is successful, it’s not hard to imagine more animated projects getting the green light. With the first images fromThe Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrimhaving been released, a trailer hopefully isn’t far off.
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim
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Set before the events of the original Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim is an animated action-adventure fantasy film that follows a King of Rohan named Helm Hammerhand. When his home comes under siege by Dunlendings, Hammerhand prepares himself and his allies to fight back against them, with the war leading to the eventual establishment of Helm’s Deep.
